diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_amanda.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_amanda.c
index 35a5aa69cd92bb9b912c326a167c3233eb20032b..c31b876682502c5d6c13523ff086103e49c5fd7f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_amanda.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_amanda.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ static void __exit nf_nat_amanda_fini(void)
 
 static int __init nf_nat_amanda_init(void)
 {
-	BUG_ON(rcu_dereference(nf_nat_amanda_hook));
+	BUG_ON(nf_nat_amanda_hook != NULL);
 	rcu_assign_pointer(nf_nat_amanda_hook, help);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_ftp.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_ftp.c
index e1a16d3ea4cbaba6df03e47ab57f590f4a140240..a1d5d58a58bf904b25115fe8dff4397e4d541a29 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_ftp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_ftp.c
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ static void __exit nf_nat_ftp_fini(void)
 
 static int __init nf_nat_ftp_init(void)
 {
-	BUG_ON(rcu_dereference(nf_nat_ftp_hook));
+	BUG_ON(nf_nat_ftp_hook != NULL);
 	rcu_assign_pointer(nf_nat_ftp_hook, nf_nat_ftp);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_h323.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_h323.c
index a868c8c4132860275b89c87364ac0cb840a16cc8..93e18ef114f2e1052798d1b2d2f200cafb345b6a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_h323.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_h323.c
@@ -544,15 +544,15 @@ static int nat_callforwarding(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nf_conn *ct,
 /****************************************************************************/
 static int __init init(void)
 {
-	BUG_ON(rcu_dereference(set_h245_addr_hook) != NULL);
-	BUG_ON(rcu_dereference(set_h225_addr_hook) != NULL);
-	BUG_ON(rcu_dereference(set_sig_addr_hook) != NULL);
-	BUG_ON(rcu_dereference(set_ras_addr_hook) != NULL);
-	BUG_ON(rcu_dereference(nat_rtp_rtcp_hook) != NULL);
-	BUG_ON(rcu_dereference(nat_t120_hook) != NULL);
-	BUG_ON(rcu_dereference(nat_h245_hook) != NULL);
-	BUG_ON(rcu_dereference(nat_callforwarding_hook) != NULL);
-	BUG_ON(rcu_dereference(nat_q931_hook) != NULL);
+	BUG_ON(set_h245_addr_hook != NULL);
+	BUG_ON(set_h225_addr_hook != NULL);
+	BUG_ON(set_sig_addr_hook != NULL);
+	BUG_ON(set_ras_addr_hook != NULL);
+	BUG_ON(nat_rtp_rtcp_hook != NULL);
+	BUG_ON(nat_t120_hook != NULL);
+	BUG_ON(nat_h245_hook != NULL);
+	BUG_ON(nat_callforwarding_hook != NULL);
+	BUG_ON(nat_q931_hook != NULL);
 
 	rcu_assign_pointer(set_h245_addr_hook, set_h245_addr);
 	rcu_assign_pointer(set_h225_addr_hook, set_h225_addr);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_irc.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_irc.c
index 766e2c16c6b957c81eecc245ff0ff7521b7afe82..fe6f9cef6c854d4c13c9a8ecb5951a6f33f68b00 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_irc.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_irc.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static void __exit nf_nat_irc_fini(void)
 
 static int __init nf_nat_irc_init(void)
 {
-	BUG_ON(rcu_dereference(nf_nat_irc_hook));
+	BUG_ON(nf_nat_irc_hook != NULL);
 	rcu_assign_pointer(nf_nat_irc_hook, help);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_pptp.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_pptp.c
index e1385a0990796f333b3ba5f903b8f3900235a1c1..6817e7995f35ca4963c1757e939e7e904f9f92f8 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_pptp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_pptp.c
@@ -281,16 +281,16 @@ static int __init nf_nat_helper_pptp_init(void)
 {
 	nf_nat_need_gre();
 
-	BUG_ON(rcu_dereference(nf_nat_pptp_hook_outbound));
+	BUG_ON(nf_nat_pptp_hook_outbound != NULL);
 	rcu_assign_pointer(nf_nat_pptp_hook_outbound, pptp_outbound_pkt);
 
-	BUG_ON(rcu_dereference(nf_nat_pptp_hook_inbound));
+	BUG_ON(nf_nat_pptp_hook_inbound != NULL);
 	rcu_assign_pointer(nf_nat_pptp_hook_inbound, pptp_inbound_pkt);
 
-	BUG_ON(rcu_dereference(nf_nat_pptp_hook_exp_gre));
+	BUG_ON(nf_nat_pptp_hook_exp_gre != NULL);
 	rcu_assign_pointer(nf_nat_pptp_hook_exp_gre, pptp_exp_gre);
 
-	BUG_ON(rcu_dereference(nf_nat_pptp_hook_expectfn));
+	BUG_ON(nf_nat_pptp_hook_expectfn != NULL);
 	rcu_assign_pointer(nf_nat_pptp_hook_expectfn, pptp_nat_expected);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_sip.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_sip.c
index ce9edbcc01e387dc8ca320f28adc40520718dbae..3ca98971a1e92c3385e7398fffb87168ad900c46 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_sip.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_sip.c
@@ -293,8 +293,8 @@ static void __exit nf_nat_sip_fini(void)
 
 static int __init nf_nat_sip_init(void)
 {
-	BUG_ON(rcu_dereference(nf_nat_sip_hook));
-	BUG_ON(rcu_dereference(nf_nat_sdp_hook));
+	BUG_ON(nf_nat_sip_hook != NULL);
+	BUG_ON(nf_nat_sdp_hook != NULL);
 	rcu_assign_pointer(nf_nat_sip_hook, ip_nat_sip);
 	rcu_assign_pointer(nf_nat_sdp_hook, ip_nat_sdp);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_tftp.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_tftp.c
index 0ecec701cb448dc23224182aec2489ddf43f9e49..1360a94766dd6321d7f1a07d719d88adce5a44f1 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_tftp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_tftp.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static void __exit nf_nat_tftp_fini(void)
 
 static int __init nf_nat_tftp_init(void)
 {
-	BUG_ON(rcu_dereference(nf_nat_tftp_hook));
+	BUG_ON(nf_nat_tftp_hook != NULL);
 	rcu_assign_pointer(nf_nat_tftp_hook, help);
 	return 0;
 }